Hughes, Mangalus earn NLC accolades Kodiak’s Ila Hughes and Jemuel Mangalus provided scoring punches for their teams this season, and both were rewarded for their efforts. The two seniors earned first-team Northern Lights Conference accolades. Hughes, in her return to the hardwood after taking two years off, led Kodiak with 10.2 po...

Hunting mountain goats and deer on Kodiak Island“In order to arrive at what you do not know/You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.” - T.S. Eliot, from East Coker I’m staring at a mountain. It’s early morning in late November, my mug of coffee billows in the shallow light. The snow of yesterday, which tops those spired peaks beyond...

Public Safety Blotter: March 6Feb. 7 At 12:29 a.m., a 911 caller reported disorderly conduct on Mill Bay Road. There was nothing illegal and it was a civil issue. At 1:05 a.m., a 911 caller reported a fight in progress on Center Avenue. They were gone when police arrived. Around 1:15 a.m., police conducted two bar checks down...

Coast Guard recognizes four Kodiak membersCoast Guard Air Station Kodiak awarded four of their members with Lt. Robert A. Perchard Memorial trophies and a general service award, according to a recent release by the Coast Guard. Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Medolla received the Perchant Award for his work directing the restructure of a ...

Locals learn about trauma treatmentLocal care providers learned about a therapy method for treating trauma in young children on Thursday. Representatives from several organizations including Kodiak Area Native Association, Providence Kodiak Island Counseling Center, the Coast Guard, Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center, and p...

THE COASTAL FORAGER: You can eat spruce treesHello, neighbors and friends; welcome to my column. Allow me to introduce myself briefly. I spent a good chunk of my childhood in Kodiak and have zipped back and forth between the rock and Washington during my 20s and 30s. Like many Alaskans I grew up in a house with Mason jars lining cupboards a...

In the Courts: March 6Janice Alexanderoff pleaded guilty to attempted misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree. Alexanderoff was sentenced to five years in jail (3.5 suspended) and fined $10,000 ($7,500 suspended) and placed on probation for five years. Luzon D Agonoy pleaded guilty to attempte...